Manzherok, ski complex

Joint Stock Company "Ski Complex" Manzherok "is an all-season resort complex located in the center of family recreation of the Altai Republic, near Lake Manzherokskoye.

History

2024

327 thousand vacationers per season

327 thousand people rested at the Manzherok resort in Sberbank during the 2024/2025 winter season. There were guests from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Puerto Rico and other countries. Tourists this season arrived 55% more than a year ago. Sberbank announced this on April 21, 2025.

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Фото: Sberbank

The winter season at Manzherok lasted 150 days. Most of the visitors to the resort (264 thousand people) went skiing and snowboarding, and 63 thousand guests chose a calm vacation: they enjoyed mountain peaks from viewing platforms, spa treatments and other activities.

{{quote 'author=said Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank. | The all-season resort "Manzherok" broke its own record for the number of guests. This means that people like us, the resort is developing and becomes a driver of economic growth in the Altai Republic. An update to this winter season was the opening of two chairlift cars - now there are five lifts at the resort. For athletes and lovers of outdoor activities, 50 km of ski slopes are open, 11 km can be skated in the evening. The winter season has ended, and we have begun preparations for the summer. Many changes await our guests: the length of ecotropes in the Keeper of the Big Altai ethnopark will increase, new tracks will appear in the bike park, and a center of activity will work on Biryuzovoy Lake. We are developing Manzherok so that it is the best all-season resort in Russia and the world,}}

Шаблон:Quote 'author=noted Vladimir Shcherbinin, general director of the all-season resort "Manzherok."

In this ski season, 50 competitions of various levels were held at Manzherok (there were 30 in the past), 3.5 thousand athletes united the slopes of the resort and the Russian Alpine Skiing Championship was held here for the first time.

Seven thousand guests of the resort got on skis or snowboards for the first time this winter. 22.5 thousand classes were conducted by Manzherok instructors. Many used the rental ski equipment of the resort: during the season, guests took 222 thousand skis, snowboards and other latest sports equipment.

Children and adults appreciated the areas of the resort for outdoor activities: a multimedia skating rink with an area of ​ ​ 2300 m ² and two all-season attractions - tubing and rodelban, which have no analogues in the region. You can ride the tubing at the resort on six lanes with a special coating up to 169 meters long. A year-round rodelban is a sled equipped with a hand brake and moving at speeds of up to 40 km/h along a rail route with two circular turns. In six minutes, guests drive more than two kilometers.

Plans for the construction of 30 km of new tracks and two cable cars for 22 billion rubles

At the Manzherok ski resort, 30 km of new tracks and two cable cars will be built for 22 billion rubles. This was announced on October 23, 2024 by the press service of Sberbank. The Bank provided these funds to Mining Facilities LLC (owned by VK Manzherok LLC and Туризм.РФ Corporation JSC) for 15 years at 3% per annum.

It is specified that thanks to the new investment project, the total length of ski slopes will be more than 80 km, and the number of cable cars will increase to seven.

More than 210 thousand tourists

The all-season resort of Sberbank "Manzherok" broke its own record for the number of guests in the winter season 2023/2024. During this period, more than 210 thousand lovers of outdoor activities in the mountains visited here - this is 56% more than in 2023. The bank announced this on April 12, 2024.

In 2024, the winter season at Manzherok started in early November and ended on April 7. The duration of the skating season was 150 days. Artificial snowmaking and the development of the resort's infrastructure helped to extend the skating season and increase the number of guests. The total length of the ski slopes at the resort exceeded 30 km, but this is far from the limit: in the next two years it will reach 80 km, and in the long term - more than 225 km. In addition to the classic ski slopes, Manjerok offers a tubing track and a snow park for skiing and jumping on figures of varying complexity.

{{quote 'author=said Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank. | Manzherok is a driver of the economy of the entire Siberian Federal District. The constantly growing tourist flow stimulates the development of not only the resort itself, but also adjacent facilities. According to to data SberCIB Investment Research, the Republic Altai has become one of the fastest growing regions of the Siberian Federal District. In particular, construction industry the region showed an increase of 26% in 2023. Of course, this is largely due to the efforts of Sberbank to develop the resort tourist and cluster in the region,}}

This winter season, 22 sporting events were held at the resort, where 1,260 athletes of different ages took part. Manzherok hosted several federal competitions at once. So, in March, the VIII All-Russian "Dream Starts" in alpine skiing among children with disabilities were held here. Earlier, youth alpine skiing competitions "Nadezhda Rossii," the Russian Alpine Skiing Cup stage, the All-Russian competition "Manzherok Resort Cup" and other competitions for adults and children took place here. The high quality of the ski infrastructure of the resort is noted by both the organizers and the participants of the competition.

2023: Opening of a 5-star hotel

A 5-star hotel has opened in the Manzherok resort of Sberbank, which, according to the bank, has become the largest premium hotel in Siberia. Reservations are already available on the hotel's website, with special reduced fares in place throughout June. Sberbank announced this on June 6, 2023.

The total area of ​ ​ the hotel exceeds 56 thousand square meters. meters. The design is dominated by natural, environmentally friendly materials and landscaping elements. The hotel offers guests 304 rooms, including 38 suites and two presidential rooms with an area of ​ ​ 162 square meters. meters with an open terrace of 234 square meters. meters, three rooms and a panoramic view.

{{quote 'author=said Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank. | Gorny Altai has great tourist potential, where it is good to relax at any time of the year. That is why we originally conceived "Manzherok" as an all-season resort for family holidays, which will impress even the most experienced travelers. The opening of the 5-star hotel is another stage in the development of the resort, which we want to make one of the best in the country. The history of "Manjerok" clearly shows what synergy can be achieved when natural beauties meet with modern infrastructure, thoughtful design, comfort and sincere care for each guest. And it is especially important that all this creates new jobs, increases tax revenues to the budget and contributes to the sustainable development of the Altai Republic as one of the leading tourist centers of the country,}}

In addition, the hotel is a good platform for business tourism: there is a conference center with 12 meeting rooms equipped with everything necessary, the largest of which is designed for 500 people.

There is a Spa complex with a total area of ​ ​ 4,800 square meters.

For young guests, the hotel has a leisure center designed in the concept of Altai taiga. In the children's center, the smallest visitors will have a pool with balls, board games, an interactive sandbox and a game center, and older researchers can walk through a vertical labyrinth, use a climbing wall and rope park, ride an ATV through the forest or fly on a virtual plane over snowy mountain peaks.

2018

As of November 2018, the Manzherok ski complex, in addition to ski slopes, a cable car, and professional equipment rental, offers its guests a variety of excursions, an equipped beach, snowmobiles, horses and ATVs. There is also a hotel complex, a bathhouse, sports grounds and many places to visit with children on the territory: from the rope park to the "upside-down house." It is also home to a professional bike park.